Metal sign.



W. J.. REESER. METAL SIGN. APPLICATION FILED PHB.2s,19os.

gga v Patented Dec. L 1908.

\` WILMER J. REESER, F BUTLER, MINNESOTA.

METeL eren. i

Specification of Lettere Patent.

Patented Dec. 1, 1906.

Application filed February 28, 190B. Serial No. 418,357,

To u/H- "whom li muy concer/L:

Be .it known that Numan J. Rensen, a citizen of the United States,residingn at Bntler, in the county of (ttertail and State of.Fi/iinnesota, have invented certain new. and useful improvements inMetal Signs, hf which the followingl is a Specification, reference heinelad to the accmi'ipenying drawinge'.

'iiy invention relates to ilnproveincnts in metallic eign hoard andsupporting; ponte therefor. and it consisita ol the novel feature:` ot'construction and the combination and arrangement. of parte` hereinafterdescribed and clainied The ohjeet ol the invention is to provide a metaleign hoard and support which will he Simple and comparativelyinexpensive in construction, strong and dnrahle in use and caey to Hetnp and adjust.

'the above and other ohjeets oi the invention are accomplished in theeonsirnction illustrated. in the arcompairying drawings. in which Figurel, is a t'ront elevaiion of my improved metallic signl hoard and poet;Fig( 2 is a rear elevation ot thc hoard and the nliper end ot' the post,the latter being,r partly in section; Fig. is a hoiivontal .action takenon the plane indicated hy the line ffi--- in Fie'. l g Fig. -l is adetail inw of 1the hase memher of the'ulainp; and Fig'. Ti is a roarssection through the haar o the post.

ln the drawings l denofo a r,ylin ,i\.'ical post which 'forms theenm'iort `For a aigu hoard '.2 and which is in the form oi' a metal tubeor pipe having' its top rloscd hy a ncrew cap 3 and its Lottum east orothern'isi snitably secured in a metallic anf'horinr/` leise 1. Thelatter tapers longitudinally from its'. bottom to its top and it` fourside far-,ea are grooved or channeled longind'inailfy', iu-V dir'ated.at .i ir. ifi` '.lhe tapered hai-Je l enihedded in the ground andowing` to ite shape it will etlertivei'v prevent the/pont 1 'fromturning, tilting, or heine li'lted. The parte l. il and `-i arepreferably made of iron and ater heine assemhled are galvanized toprotect them from thc weather.

The sign hoaid i! is constructed of sheet metal and may he o any deairedsize and elnipe.` ie shown. hon'fvcxaii is"f nistan tti-ally rectangularand has rounded ends. For the purpose of .strengthenin the hoard or bodyl and protecting the rea ing matter thereon, I press or stamp around theedge of the board a snrronndix'ig riin ti which overharigel or projectsoutwardly from the front face of the board, as clearly shown in Fig. 3.The eign board is adjnstahly seenred upon the post l by the clampingdevice shown in Figs. 2, 3 and e, which device consists of a stationaryor-loaee meinher i, a removable member o' and rwo elampirh hollJ i). Theclamp memlaer T. t5 ariI preferably castings and the iormer is in thei'orm ol' a substan- Lially l'm-tangg'nlar plate ha ving rounded no1'-ners: and two omnardlv projeeling enlargements lt? formed upon its outertace '5o as to provide hetneen them a transver:-'e,-eat or reresa lihaving' a curvature io conform to that oif the post l. The projectionsorenlaagement1 l0 are apertnred tio receive the holte4 Si: which latteralso pass through registering apertures in the 5'@ hoard 2, upon he rearface of whieh Ehe member T is eeeured hy river4 or similar fafsteningsl2. The other member 8 of the (lamp has its l ends aportan-ed to receiveihe holte 5) and its central portion formed with a curved recess or seatifi which. receives the post l. The mit.A 1-l on the \tl1readed ends ofthe bolts i) are adapted to tightly clamp the sign board npon the post;l. at any desired elevation and angle according to the poeition of theclamping device. The stationary clamp member 7 ila permaiwnttv attached'Lo the rear face of the sig-.n hoard hy the rivets 12 and after it'yhasl been secured in position the sign board is preferably galvanized toprotect it.

["rom the fori-geni4 't will he seen that my improved sign hoard andposi may be produced at a comparatirely small Coat; since the parte are`@imple in construction and easy to assemble; and that. ihey will heexceedingly strong; and durable. i

Having thus descrihed my invention what l riairo is:

rI`hc ffonihinzition of atubular post, (zap closing the upper end of thelatter, a longi tndinally tapered and channeled anchoring hafse upon thehoiom of: the post, a sheet metal sign hoard liaving a reinforcing andprotecting rim prefssed from the Same and enrrnninding ita edge, astationary clamp nieinher riveed apen the rear face of the Sign heardand formed with rearwardly pro 'iectingei'ilargenzenie land a `enrvedheat, tio receive the post, a relnorahleielarnp member having a. curvedseat to reeeive the post,

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Clamping bolts passed through the sign In testimony whereof l hereuntoulx my boardi the projecting enlargements ofi the signature in thepresence of um \\'itnesse;. base c amp member and the removable e mn 3y, x member, and clamping nuts upon the threadll "x 'l LMLI hhhbl'uh' edends of the bolts whereby the sign board Witnesses:

be adjusted vertically and angularly L. E. DAWSON,

upon the poso LOUIS J. MILLER.

